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‘The best book in English on hatha yoga’ Statesman
‘A first class textbook …. A standard work’, Health for All
‘The enthusiast or teacher must say “Can I afford to be without it?”‘, Yoga and Health
‘A superb volume, unlikely to be superseded.’, Eastern Times
‘This book is “the bible of Iyengar style yoga” as it precisely showing each asana (posture) with detail description. The locals even use it as reference to assess the accuracy of asana during their annual yoga competition.’ Jing
‘Fine, funny, imaginative ….The Master and Margarita stands squarely in the great Gogolesque tradition of satiric narrative.’ Saul Maloff, Newsweek
‘Funny, devilish, brilliant satire …. It’s literature of the highest order and …. it will deliver a full measure of enjoyment and enlightenment.’ Publishers Weekly
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‘It took me couple of months to finally finished reading this book… The Master and Margarita is indeed an ambitious piece of work, weaving multible layers of meanings, and certainly give me a fair idea of the social, political and cultural of Russia at that time. The book is also forced me to look at SATAN in a very different angle…’ Jing
‘If you want to know how the Google boys became wealthy and powerful beyond dreams, then David Vise’s assiduously researched The Google Story is for you’ Sunday Telegraph
‘If Google were to take on critical facilities as well as its other attributes Vise’s book would probably come out on top’ The Times
‘It is a valuable book which shows the success story of two young men and the development of Google is astonishing. Through this book I have not only learned a lot about search engine but how passion turns out to be a great mechanism for one’s personal as well as professional development.” Jing
“Kathy Lette meets Tim Robbins on a slow train to Varanasi with Bill Bryson supplying the onion bhajis. … Very, very funny” Peter Moore
“A must to read if you want to know about India. For me the book that could capture the country with all its controversy.” Alex
‘A masterpiece, utterly exceptional in every way.’ Harpers and Queen
‘A banquet for all the senses we bring to reading.’ Newsweek
‘A sad story, told every hilariously, very tenderly and very craftily.’ The Pointer
‘It is rare to find a book that so effectively cuts through the clothes of nationality, caste and religion to reveal the bare bones of humanity.’ Daily Telegraph
‘A novel of real ambition must invent its own language, and this one does…’ John Updike, The New Yorker
‘Personality not a book that attracts me. I got bored very soon and stopped reading before finishing the first quarter of the book. If you like it small and slow this might be your taste.’ Alex
“When I was in my most despair travelling in a foreign country like India, this book save my life. ‘The Alchemist’ was written in a very simple way. But it has all the positive energy that push me along… I am still reading it…” Jing
“If you are on a search in life and close to give up buy the book and gain back your inspiration and drive. It will keep you moving.” Alex
“The epic thriller of the year” Karin Slaugther
“Deeply felt and haunting… Stick with you well after the last page” Michael Connelly
“I was delighted to read this ‘freaky’ book in a ‘freaky’ country like India. All the main characters featured in ‘Tokyo’ don’t seem to behave normal… after all, what a normal life should be? I am confused.” Jing
“I needed to get used to all the weird characters of the book. I was trapped till the end by the story.” Alex
“Her most polished work… Tan is a wonderful storyteller, and the story’s many strands – Olivia’s Childhood, her courtship and marriage, Kwan’s ghost stories and village tales – propel the work to its climactic but bittersweet end.” USA Today
“… ” Jing
“Bittersweet is the right word about the book. Wonderful to imagine that we have unknown layers of relationships between people we love and people we hate. So many hidden things that connects us with each other.” Alex
“This book is recomented by Ven. Vivekananda, a meditation master I met during my retreat in summer 2003, at Lumbini. The book gives an insightful knowledge of vipassana meditation. It is the book you must read if you are intending to seriously practice Vipassana meditation.” Jing
“When I tried to read the book I had no idea about Vipassana meditation. So no wonder that I actually didn’t understand the sayings of this great meditation teacher of our time. Luckily it has changed and during the meditation as well as after it is one of my precious pieces.” Alex
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